Coq au Vin is the quintessential bistro dish that remains a sublime French country classic and an essential part of...
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Kitchen Tales recipes
Breakfast Baps
“A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde Whilst revisiting a charming recipe with...
Lemon, Cumin and Green Chilli Sea Bass
"O Lord God, when thou givest to thy servants to endevour any great matter, grant us also to know that it is not the...
Mini Yorkshire Puddings and Horseradish Sauce
In what seems like a past life, I once laboured under the title of restaurateur. With my business partner Richard, a...
Ribollita
“Soup is cuisine’s kindest course”. Virginia Woolf. Unlike Virginia, I have written elsewhere, and far less...
Thyme, onion and Gruyère tart
"There is a charm in making a dish, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result will...
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Moussaka [Μουσακάς]
“We do not sit at the table to eat… but to eat together” Plutarch, Greek philosopher. (46 AD - 119 AD) As we are...
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Borshch [борщ]
I have a few colleagues who when pressed to provide a short list of culinary dislikes, blandly cite beetroot as one of...
Fresh Apricot Preserve
“At its best the Apricot has a certain Eastern lusciousness, a touch of the exotic which comes strangely into our...
Celeriac Rémoulade
"A good supper is a rare thing today. Gastronomy is like poetry: it has fallen into a complete decadence... The causes...
Devonshire Honey Cake
“I did it without reading the script, because I said, ‘Who’s in it?’ and they gave me this great big star list: Henry...
Greens with Pork Belly
Have you ever stood in your butchers shop or alternatively the butcher's counter at your local supermarket (where...
Simple Bread Rolls
Some unusual things turn up when you’re looking for something elsewhere. Advancing shades of Don Quixote I fear. I was...
Dolmades and Spanakopita
Back in the ‘70’s, as an impecunious art student, a first date found us watching The Blue Max at the Odeon cinema in...
Mashed Potato
“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.” A. A. Milne The...